The official website of fantasy author Matthew Roys. Home of Thorns of the Shadow and The Sword Summoner books.

Month: August 2015

I sit here in the amber darkness, pleasantly drunk on fruity toxins that tug on my thoughts like children on their mother’s skirts. Two decades and more have not immunised me of that harsh orange glow that outlines my midnight world. Continue reading →

Some of you may have already seen the crowd-funding campaign set up buy a group of ambitious architects to construct a habitable replica of Peter Jackson’s representation of the city of Minas Tirith from J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. If you haven’t heard anything about it yet then check out their page here: www.indiegogo.com/projects/realise-minas-tirith. Continue reading →

Hi guys. Something different today. After playing through The Witcher 3 and realising just how great the game was, I wanted to play it through again on the hardest difficulty. I also wanted to give my thoughts about what the game did right and why I believe it to be best.

The result of that is this 40min first part of a let’s play type video. My voice is terrible, I don’t talk much aloud and am very socially awkward and that really shows in the video. I’ve never done anything like this before so any feedback is welcome.

I hope that if I keep this up it will help me to overcome my inability to speak and improve my confidence.